1975 2002 in Berkeley (not mine)

[mbaze]

Saw this at the Buggy Bank in Berkeley today. http://buggybank.com/

[cheaptoads]

right on! the buggy bank is where i found my '73!

very easy if anyone in the area s looking to test drive...

[zephyr125]

I know the previous owner (before the current owner) and this car well! Feel free to email if you have any questions regarding the car.

[weewass]

Thats a sweet car. Clean too

[yesterdaylight]

That's my old car!! Sold it already? If you're wondering what's in it, check out my old FS thread.

[zephyr125]

Actually he sold it to some girl and now the girl is selling it after only a couple of months.

He did a bunch of work to it (including swapping a LSD in) but decided he wanted a newer Mini instead :/

[weewass]

haha hey there yesterdaylight! yes It was your old car, now my old car. I do miss it though. I did a ton of work on it. If I could've afforded to keep it as a second car I would have. She was a blast and kept very well. I hope the new owner does the same.

[yesterdaylight]

Cool, do you have a thread on what you did to it? Did you end up replacing the trans output shaft and valve stem seals?

[yesterdaylight]

Cool, do you have a thread on what you did to it? Did you end up replacing the trans output shaft and valve stem seals?

[zephyr125]

Cool, do you have a thread on what you did to it? Did you end up replacing the trans output shaft and valve stem seals?

It was the first thing he did, it was a pain in the ass (I helped him with it). He didn't do the valve seals though. If he doesn't post everything he did I will later when I get home from work, I remember most of what he did.

[weewass]

I don't have a thread but I can list most of it.

I did the output flange, first thing, sanded and painted the trunk and engine bays to match the silver paint, cleaned up and removed all of the smog wiring and crap that was left over, cleaned up the engine bay wiring, re-sealed the gas tank, changed the fuel lines, swapped in a 3.91 LSD, put a luisi steering wheel on and re-wired the horn button, changed all the lights, fixed the electrical issues, cleaned up the interior, console and got rid of the push button starter, changed the head gasket, trunk mounted battery, original hirschmann antenna, euro front turn signals, original door mirrors, beltline trim, new windshield and seals, and I did a lot of small fixes as well just to make the car cleaner. If I'm forgetting something, I'll add it on later.

[dudecati]

Sounds like a nice car - I just called the place and looked online and the car appears to be gone :-/

[yesterdaylight]

Cool, Weewass, sounds like you did well with it!

Interesting that you did the head gasket, but not valve stem seals. What did the bores look like?

[weewass]

Yeah, the reason I didn't do the valve seals was because I didn't have the right tools or skill. The bores were pretty bad. There was low compression in cylinder 1. Was actually quite bad.

[bcarey]

Hi all,

This 2002 has resurfaced at Buggy Bank! I was thinking of taking the drive up to check it out, but I'm wondering if any of you former owners(!) might be able to fill me in on what kind of work it might need in order to become a daily driver. The front seat looks awfully chewed up, but that's no biggie. I'm really concerned about rust and/or mechanical issues.

Thanks!

BC